Negative mixing enthalpy solid solutions deliver high strength and ductility

Z An, A Li, S Mao, T Yang, L Zhu, R Wang, Z Wu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Body-centred cubic refractory multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), with several refractory
metal elements as constituents and featuring a yield strength greater than one gigapascal …

Oxygen-assisted spinodal structure achieves 1.5 GPa yield strength in a ductile refractory high-entropy alloy

D Cui, Y Zhang, L Liu, Y Li, L Wang, Z Wang, J Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) with room-temperature ductility are drawing growing
attention for potential high-temperature applications. However, the most widely used …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Alx (TiZrTa0. 7NbMo) refractory high-entropy alloys

Z Guo, X Shen, F Liu, J Guan, Y Zhang, F Dong… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract An Al x (TiZrTa 0.7 NbMo)(x= 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5) series of refractory high-
entropy alloys were prepared by a vacuum-arc melting process and annealed. The effects of …

Excellent room-temperature tensile ductility in as-cast Ti37V15Nb22Hf23W3 refractory high entropy alloys

W Huang, J Hou, X Wang, J Qiao, Y Wu - Intermetallics, 2022 - Elsevier
An as-cast Ti 37 V 15 Nb 22 Hf 23 W 3 refractory high entropy alloy (RHEA) with outstanding
tensile properties designed by the natural mixing method and solid solution strengthening …

Achieving outstanding strength-ductility matching in BCC light-weight high entropy alloys via high content ordered nanoprecipitates

B Dou, Y Pan, S Liu, B Wang, B Cheng, L Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The body-centered cubic (BCC) lightweight high entropy alloys (LHEAs) have attracted
much attention owing to their remarkable mechanical properties. Coherent ordered …

Achieving excellent uniform tensile ductility and strength in dislocation-cell-structured high-entropy alloys

R Huang, L Zhang, A Amar, PK Liaw, T Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Body-centered-cubic (BCC) high-entropy alloys (HEAs) encounter significant
challenges in obtaining a high uniform tensile ductility (UTD). A dense dislocation-cell (DC) …

Effect of B2 ordering on the tensile mechanical properties of refractory AlxNb40Ti40V20− x medium-entropy alloys

N Yurchenko, E Panina, A Tojibaev, V Novikov… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of refractory high/medium-entropy alloys show promising compressive mechanical
properties at elevated temperatures. However, scarce tensile testing data hinder the …

Tailoring microstructures and mechanical properties of Zr45Ti15Nb30Ta10 refractory complex concentrated alloy using warm-rolling

Y Zhou, S Zeng, H Zhang, H Zhang, H Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Compared with cold rolling, warm rolling can significantly reduce or completely eliminate
microstructure damage to regulate the microstructure of the material, which is an effective …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructure and properties of Al0. 5NbTi3VxZr2 refractory high entropy alloys combined with high strength and ductility

T Wang, W Jiang, X Wang, B Jiang, C Rong… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Novel lightweight Al 0.5 NbTi 3 V x Zr 2 (x= 0.5, 1.0, 1.5) refractory high entropy
alloys were synthesized by vacuum arc melting. The microstructure evolution and …

Phase inversion in a lightweight high Al content refractory high-entropy alloy

K Gao, Y Chu, W Zhou, Y Tian, Y Zhang, Y Li - Journal of Materials Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adding Al is an important strategy to obtain ultrahigh specific strength in BCC refractory high-
entropy alloys (RHEAs). However, the main structure typically transitions from disordered …